This is a collection of videos of the presentations given on April 1st, 2017 at Mount Sinai Hospital.
There were over 100 healthcare professionals including physicians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, recreation therapists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers in attendance. This conference set out to enrich the awareness of healthcare professionals regarding sexuality after SCI and to increase their comfort and skill in talking to patients with SCI about sex beyond the basics of fertility and erection aids.
Watch the following presentations and click the links below to access the presenter's slides
Dr. Angela Riccobono
Opening Remarks from Medical Conference
Opening Remarks given by Dr. Angela Riccobono for 2017 Conference on Sexuality after SCI for Healthcare Professionals at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City
Dr. Danielle Sheypuk
Keynote Speech
Dr. Danielle Sheypuk is a clinical psychologist and winner of the title Ms. Wheelchair New York 2012, is widely regarded as a "sexpert" and leading commentator on the psychology of dating, relationships, and sexuality for the disabled population. Dr. Sheypuk talks here on changing the culture of American sexuality by the integration of people with disabilities as potential romantic and sexual partners.
View Dr. Sheypuk's presentation slides here
Marcalee
Alexander, MD
Male and Female Sexual Response After Spinal Cord Injury
Dr. Marcalee Sipski Alexander is an internationally recognized researcher and physiatrist who has been instrumental in describing the effects of SCI on sexual response in both women and men. Here she describes the sexual response for both men and women after SCI as well as discusses treatments for SCI related sexual dysfunction.
Jeffrey Klein, MD
Improving Reproductive Success After Spinal Cord Injury
Dr. Jeffrey Klein is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist whose areas of expertise include SCI and treatment of infertility. Dr. Klein speaks here about options for helping couples in whom one of the partners has a SCI successful conceive a child.
Marcalee
Alexander, MD
Documentation of Sexual Dysfunction
Dr. Marcalee Sipski Alexander is an internationally recognized researcher and physiatrist who has been instrumental in describing the effects of SCI on sexual response in both women and men. Here she discusses how to document sexual dysfunction using the International Autonomic Standards developed by ASIA and ISCoS.
Lauren Varriale, OT
Positioning And Adaptive Devices
Lauren A. Varriale, MS OTR/L is an Occupational Therapist whose primary specialty is in the area of neurological rehabilitation, specifically SCI. She developed the Mount Sinai Sexuality SCI Education Series, and works with couples to help them regain intimacy via positioning and adaptive devices. Here she speaks about positioning and adaptive devices.
Damon Rozier, Comedian
Damon Rozier, comedian, crashed his motorcycle in 1997 sustaining a C6 spinal cord injury. He was the first wheelchair user to grace the stage of both BET's "Comic View" and TV One's "Off the Chain" as well as ABC's "What Would You Do?".
SCI Consumer Panel
This is a panel discussion conducted with several individuals who happen to have spinal cord injuries and their partners about sexuality.
Marcalee Alexander, MD
Recipe For Sexual Sustainability after Spinal Cord Injury
Dr. Alexander is an internationally recognized researcher and physiatrist who has been instrumental in describing the effects of SCI on sexual response in both women and men. Here she presets her recipe for sexual sustainability after spinal cord injury.
How to take
a sexual history:
Adam B. Stein, M.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. He has a strong interest in the education of medical students on the importance of communication. Here he talks about how to talk about sexuality and specifically how to take a sexual history.